Whether you're just getting started, looking for new customers, wanting to grow sales through e-commerce, or focusing on workforce.
We're here to help.

Check out the upcoming trainings below!
Do you have a business idea you’d like to pitch? Join us October 10 from 5:30 - 7:30 at MT Pints in Great Falls for a fun, brainstorming gathering focused on business ideas to grow our community!

For more information please reach out to Tony Peres at 406-750-2099 or at [email protected].
Small Business Webinar: TikTok
The social media platform TikTok is quickly becoming one of the world's most impactful social media platforms.

In fact, according to one recent article, TikTok is on pace to overtake Google as the world's most used search engine in the 18-24 demographic. So buckle up buttercup, if your customer base includes Gen Z'ers, TikTok is where you should be too. 

Register here for this is a 30-minute webinar from 11-11:30am on November 3.
QuickBooks Online 
This course is designed to help entrepreneurs and business managers understand how to best manage their money. And isn't it all about maximizing your profit?

Join QuickBooks Pro Advisor Wendy Weissman on December 2 at Great Falls College MSU to learn the basic elements of QuickBooks Online so you're more efficient in entering revenue and expenses, better able to run reports, and better able to communicate with your accountant come tax time. Register for QuickBooks online here.

Questions about our training and programs?
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Tony Peres
Small Business Navigator
(406) 750-2099
Our Mission
Grow diverse economic opportunities that enhance quality of life.

Great Falls Region Community Vision
The Great Falls Region will be a proud, positive, and vibrant community, which welcomes new people, new investments, and innovative opportunities while celebrating its authentic and diverse Montana culture. Our community will be a safe and inclusive place to raise families and will offer opportunities for individual growth and quality of life, which retains and grows our population.

GFDA Organizational Vision
Great Falls Development Authority will be a change agent, catalyst, and facilitator in the Great Falls region, fostering collaboration and partnerships to support diverse economic opportunities, innovation, and growth. Our economic development organization will be a high performing leader in attracting new investment and talent. Our work providing access to capital, consulting, training and resources for entrepreneurs, businesses, developers, and nonprofits will transform Great Falls and the surrounding 13-county trade area into a thriving regional economy that enhances the standard of living for our people.    

GFDA is a certified Community Development Financial Institution and a 501(c)3 charitable organization. High Plains Financial is a certified Community Development Corporation that offers SBA 504 loans statewide. GFDA and High Plains Financial are Equal Opportunity Employers and Lenders.

GFDA is proud to host a Montana Small Business Development Center, a Montana Procurement Technical Assistance Center, and a Montana Food & Ag Development Center. We are also proud to provide office space for MSU's Montana Manufacturing Extension Center and an SBA Women's Business Center in partnership with the University of Montana and the Montana Native Growth Fund.

GFDA was the first economic development organization in the Rocky Mountain West to earn accreditation from the International Economic Development Council.

For more info, click to our website.